Cell Biology Flashcards

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Flashcards based on lecture notes about cell biology.

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Plant Cell

The basic unit of a plant cell.

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Robert Hooke

Observed cells in cork in 1665.

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Discovered protozoa, bacteria, and cells in plant cells.

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Robert Brown

Discovered the free cell and named the nucleus in 1831.

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Schleiden & Schwann

Recognized cells as the basic units of life and proposed the cell theory in 1838.

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Rudolph Virchow

Concluded 'Omnis cellula e cellula' (cells come from preexisting cells) in 1858.

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Prokaryotic Cell

A cell that lacks a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles; contains circular DNA located in the nucleoid region.

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Eukaryotic Cell

Has a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.